International sports tournament
The 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the ninth such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation . It took place between July 10 and July 17, 2004.
Tournament Format
The preliminary round will be played in four groups (A-D) with 4 teams each. The groups A and B form the Top Division, the groups C and D form Division I. The two last-placed teams of the groups A and B and the two first-placed teams of the groups C and D play for fourth place in group A and B to participate in the Top Division playoffs. The losers of those games play as first placed teams in group C and D to participate in the Division I playoffs. Playoffs starting with the quarterfinals and placement games will be played both in the Top Division and in Division I.
All games in the preliminary round and in the playoffs will be played with 5-minute sudden-death overtime and a penalty shootout in case of a tie. The final games will be played with a 12- minute sudden-death overtime, followed by a penalty shootout competition in case of a tie.
Teams will be awarded points on the following system:
Win after regular time = 3 points
Win after overtime or shootout = 2 points
Loss after overtime or shootout = 1 point
Loss after regular time = 0 points
Participating teams
Groups are based on the results of the previous World Championships and Qualifying Series
Group A - Top Division
Group B - Top Division
Group C - Division I
Group D - Division I
Top Division
Preliminary round
Group A
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Finland
3
3
0
0
0
24
10
+14
9
Germany
3
1
0
0
2
14
14
0
3
Czech Republic
3
1
0
0
2
13
19
−6
3
Austria
3
1
0
0
2
8
16
−8
3
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Group B
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
United States
3
2
1
0
0
18
10
+8
8
Sweden
3
2
0
1
0
26
8
+18
7
Slovakia
3
0
1
0
2
9
20
−11
2
Slovenia
3
0
0
1
2
9
24
−15
1
Group loser sent to compete in qualification round
Qualifying round
July 14, 2004 Slovenia 15 - 0 BrazilBad Tölz , Germany
Play-off round
Draw
Quarter-finals
July 15, 2004 Finland 9 - 2 Slovenia
Semi-finals
5th-place game
7th-place game
July 16, 2004 v Slovenia 3 - 4 (OT) Austria
Bronze-medal game
Gold-medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF :
Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate:[1]
Best Goalkeeper: Ari Luostarinen
Best Defenseman: Ernie Hartlieb
Best Forward: Dejan Matejic
Division I
Qualification
European Zone
Played in Loverval , Belgium
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Belgium
2
2
0
0
0
26
5
+21
4
Liechtenstein
2
1
0
0
1
18
11
+7
2
Portugal
2
0
0
0
2
3
31
−28
0
February 20, 2004 Belgium 8 - 5 Liechtenstein
February 21, 2004 Belgium 18 - 0 Portugal
February 22, 2004 Liechtenstein 13 - 3 Portugal
Southern Hemisphere Zone
Played in South Africa
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Argentina
2
2
0
0
0
15
1
+14
4
South Africa
2
1
0
0
1
5
10
−5
2
Namibia
2
0
0
0
2
3
12
−9
0
February 20, 2004 Argentina 7 - 1 Namibia
February 21, 2004 South Africa 5 - 2 Namibia
February 22, 2004 Argentina 8 - 0 South Africa
Asian Zone
Played in Taiwan
February 20, 2004 Chinese Taipei 18 - 2 Hong Kong
February 21, 2004 Chinese Taipei 12 - 1 Hong Kong
European-Asian Final
Played in Bad Tölz , Germany
July 10, 2004 Belgium 10 - 7 Chinese Taipei
Preliminary round
Group C
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Great Britain
3
3
0
0
0
31
8
+23
9
Hungary
3
2
0
0
1
16
16
0
6
Japan
3
1
0
0
2
23
14
+9
3
Belgium
3
0
0
0
3
8
40
−32
0
Group Winner sent to compete in qualification round
July 11, 2004 Japan 16 - 3 BelgiumBad Tölz , Germany
July 12, 2004 Hungary 9 - 4 BelgiumBad Tölz , Germany
July 13, 2004 Japan 3 - 4 HungaryBad Tölz , Germany
Group B
Team
Pld
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Brazil
3
3
0
0
0
17
8
+9
9
Australia
3
2
0
0
1
21
15
+6
6
New Zealand
3
1
0
0
2
21
15
+6
3
Argentina
3
0
0
0
3
5
26
−21
0
Group winner sent to compete in qualification round
July 11, 2004 Brazil 5 - 0 ArgentinaBad Tölz , Germany
July 12, 2004 New Zealand 5 - 7 BrazilBad Tölz , Germany
July 13, 2004 Argentina 1 - 10 New ZealandBad Tölz , Germany
Play-off round
Draw
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
C3
Japan
10
D2
Australia
2
QF1
Japan
5
QF2
Great Britain
8
D4
Argentina
3
C1
Great Britain
8
SF2
Great Britain
5
SF1
Brazil
4
D3
New Zealand
0
C2
Hungary
'10
QF3
Hungary
4
Bronze-medal game
QF4
Brazil
5
C4
Belgium
3
SF1
Japan
7
D1
Brazil
8
SF2
Hungary
5
Quarter-finals
July 15, 2004 Hungary 10 - 0 New Zealand
July 15, 2004 Brazil 8 - 3 Belgium
Semi-finals
July 16, 2004 Brazil 5 - 4 (OT) Hungary
5th-place game
7th-place game
July 16, 2004 v Belgium 5 - 4 Argentina
Bronze-medal game
July 17, 2004 v Hungary 5 - 7 Japan
Gold-medal game
Ranking and statistics
Final standings
The final standings of the tournament according to IIHF :
Tournament awards
Best players selected by the directorate:[1]
Best Goalkeeper: Rodrigo Santos
Best Defenseman: Mark Thomas
Best Forward: John Dolan
External links
Official Site 2004 IIHF World Inline Championships
References
^ a b And the 2004 Directorate Award winners are Archived 2012-02-10 at the Wayback Machine